Kyesight
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Maybe someday I’ll have a story or two to tell you. For now I’m just taking in the sights and sounds of this world.
He/him, supposedly
He/him, supposedly
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Not what RFK Jr told me! He never uses fluoride and his brain is…oh, ok
“In the first US study looking at whether the recommended fluoride levels in drinking water affects brain function, researchers found that the hot-button mineral has no negative impacts on cognition – and may actually be giving it a boost.”
They are trying to dumb-down America.
flip.it/sH5foh
They are trying to dumb-down America.
flip.it/sH5foh
Fluoride and the brain: Largest US study ever unearths surprise new link
In the first US study looking at whether the recommended fluoride levels in drinking water affects brain function, researchers have found that the hot-button mineral has no negative impacts on cogniti...
flip.it
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Not what RFK Jr told me! He never uses fluoride and his brain is…oh, ok
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This is like Obama’s “clinging to guns and religion” comment, only far more cynical and insulting. Trump’s thinking here goes like this “I know you rubes love your churches and country music so yeah, vote for my guy, he likes that shit too, and that lady wants to take it from you.”
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
This is like Obama’s “clinging to guns and religion” comment, only far more cynical and insulting. Trump’s thinking here goes like this “I know you rubes love your churches and country music so yeah, vote for my guy, he likes that shit too, and that lady wants to take it from you.”
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It’s so funny that the main impact so far of Trump throwing a fit about “treacherous” senators has been to drive coverage of his war crimes and to hugely elevate the profile of the popular astronaut senator from a key swing state who visibly loathes him
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It’s so funny that the main impact so far of Trump throwing a fit about “treacherous” senators has been to drive coverage of his war crimes and to hugely elevate the profile of the popular astronaut senator from a key swing state who visibly loathes him
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oooohhh Cassidy is not someone they can afford to alienate
First Republican to call out Trump’s corrupt pardon of the man who helped funnel over 500 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
November 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
oooohhh Cassidy is not someone they can afford to alienate
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the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
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Seems like a questionable idea to do something that going to cost American lives that 70 percent of your base hates.
"Do you think the United States should attempt to remove Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from power?"
All:
No: 76%
Yes: 24%
Republicans:
No: 62%
Yes: 38%
Independents:
No: 79%
Yes: 20%
Democrats:
No: 88%
Yes: 12%
Marquette / Nov 12, 2025
All:
No: 76%
Yes: 24%
Republicans:
No: 62%
Yes: 38%
Independents:
No: 79%
Yes: 20%
Democrats:
No: 88%
Yes: 12%
Marquette / Nov 12, 2025
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Seems like a questionable idea to do something that going to cost American lives that 70 percent of your base hates.
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In case you were wondering where to send your thoughts on the AI "dub" of Banana Fish, you can do so here.
Be polite--and I *mean* that--but so long as you're polite, feel free to let them know exactly how you feel about the AI "dub."
Be polite--and I *mean* that--but so long as you're polite, feel free to let them know exactly how you feel about the AI "dub."
That I can do.
Search Prime Video for the title (I went with Banana Fish), then click on Details, and scroll past the Cast page to "Send Us Feedback."
Search Prime Video for the title (I went with Banana Fish), then click on Details, and scroll past the Cast page to "Send Us Feedback."
November 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
In case you were wondering where to send your thoughts on the AI "dub" of Banana Fish, you can do so here.
Be polite--and I *mean* that--but so long as you're polite, feel free to let them know exactly how you feel about the AI "dub."
Be polite--and I *mean* that--but so long as you're polite, feel free to let them know exactly how you feel about the AI "dub."
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ALL STICK, NO CARROT
Wait why is our approval rating in the mid 30's?
Wait why is our approval rating in the mid 30's?
The Trump admin now says nursing isn't a professional degree.
The admin plan to redefine what constitutes a professional degree to exclude nursing and limit access to student loans — outraging national health care groups and leaving nursing students questioning how they'll pay for graduate degrees.
The admin plan to redefine what constitutes a professional degree to exclude nursing and limit access to student loans — outraging national health care groups and leaving nursing students questioning how they'll pay for graduate degrees.
November 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ALL STICK, NO CARROT
Wait why is our approval rating in the mid 30's?
Wait why is our approval rating in the mid 30's?
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It's funny I don't remember this being the take during the Biden presidency
Snappy take from the Washington Post.
tl;dr: inflation bad.
tl;dr: inflation bad.
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It's funny I don't remember this being the take during the Biden presidency
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Really cool that now people are realizing the health and ecological problems that come with massive data centers companies are offshoring the issue to countries with no regulations and framing it as economic development
armenpress.am/en/article/1...
armenpress.am/en/article/1...
Armenia’s Hrazdan announced as location of first regional $500 million AI data center
The advanced AI infrastructure announced by Firebird, in collaboration with the Armenian government, NVIDIA, and Team, will be located in the Armenian town of...
armenpress.am
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Really cool that now people are realizing the health and ecological problems that come with massive data centers companies are offshoring the issue to countries with no regulations and framing it as economic development
armenpress.am/en/article/1...
armenpress.am/en/article/1...
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If movie theaters wanted people to come more often they could make every single aspect of the experience less financially punitive and time-consuming
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
If movie theaters wanted people to come more often they could make every single aspect of the experience less financially punitive and time-consuming
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I remember Dawning Realization Month for the NFT people too. Think this is going to take much longer because of how wrapped up the whole economy is in this, but it really feels like it's happening.
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I remember Dawning Realization Month for the NFT people too. Think this is going to take much longer because of how wrapped up the whole economy is in this, but it really feels like it's happening.
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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FREELANCER TIP: THE 25% RULE!
The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!
The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!
Just calculated how much I will have to pay in self-employment taxes since I've never been a contract employee before and
Oh my god?????
This is awful?????
The US government finds a new way to devastate me every day 🫠
Oh my god?????
This is awful?????
The US government finds a new way to devastate me every day 🫠
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
FREELANCER TIP: THE 25% RULE!
The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!
The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!
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I'm flummoxed by the underground movement to rehab cancelled figures. There's a rumor that a studio head is planning to begin bringing cancelled people back. It's bananas. The industry has contracted, leaving writers, directors and actors scrambling for work and we're making space for sex criminals?
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm flummoxed by the underground movement to rehab cancelled figures. There's a rumor that a studio head is planning to begin bringing cancelled people back. It's bananas. The industry has contracted, leaving writers, directors and actors scrambling for work and we're making space for sex criminals?
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i don't think you need a degree to preach the Bible, but, man oh man, is it obvious when like, people are trying to come up with comprehensive worldviews without doing the work
one real problem with contemporary evangelicalism is the tendency to try and appeal to the Hebrew proof texts without reading any Hebrew outside of specific concepts used in sermons
The brief discussion of the Hebrew is also just not true. It treats the prepositional כנגדו (comparative prepositional prefix; נגד, also a preposition meaning opposite, corresponding to, in front of, facing, etc; then the third person possessive suffix) as if it were a noun without any citations
November 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i don't think you need a degree to preach the Bible, but, man oh man, is it obvious when like, people are trying to come up with comprehensive worldviews without doing the work
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I know I shouldn’t get my hopes up that any of these people will face real accountability but this does feel significant.
Congressional committees vow to boost oversight in killing of boat strike survivors
The Senate and House armed services committees’ pledge followed a Washington Post report revealing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered that a U.S. strike leave no survivors.
wapo.st
November 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I know I shouldn’t get my hopes up that any of these people will face real accountability but this does feel significant.
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I'll make an official art post about this soon, but my web design gig ended way earlier than I thought it would so I'm gonna be transitioning into trying to make money off of my art full time. I'd really appreciate anyone who supports my patreon, my ko-fi, my shop, or rqs a commission in the future!
November 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I'll make an official art post about this soon, but my web design gig ended way earlier than I thought it would so I'm gonna be transitioning into trying to make money off of my art full time. I'd really appreciate anyone who supports my patreon, my ko-fi, my shop, or rqs a commission in the future!
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took a sleeper train to visit family, and while dozing had a dream that I was on Train Internet (a separate internet that could only be accessed while on a train). All I can remember of Train Internet is this meme, which I have dutifully reproduced here for the Regular Internet.
November 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
took a sleeper train to visit family, and while dozing had a dream that I was on Train Internet (a separate internet that could only be accessed while on a train). All I can remember of Train Internet is this meme, which I have dutifully reproduced here for the Regular Internet.
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“People in Appalachia are used to being let down by the government, but this time we had the money. It was still taken away, and people feel betrayed.”
‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
“People in Appalachia are used to being let down by the government, but this time we had the money. It was still taken away, and people feel betrayed.”
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It's also an example of the underlying problem being the same cruelty that they now think will solve it!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
This is just revolting cruelty, done to pander to racists who won't give it the time of day. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
It's also an example of the underlying problem being the same cruelty that they now think will solve it!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
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i recoiled a lot at the depiction of the fans in Ep 1 of Pluribus because, while people like that exist, they aren’t really the full extent of the problem
The subcategorization/tropefication of popular fiction has been very bad in general, both for authors and readers.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
i recoiled a lot at the depiction of the fans in Ep 1 of Pluribus because, while people like that exist, they aren’t really the full extent of the problem
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yes. i encourage everyone to find ways to watch random movies you know nothing about at least some of the time as a sanity check on your taste and a guard against algorithmic nicheification. you might find stuff you really like!
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
yes. i encourage everyone to find ways to watch random movies you know nothing about at least some of the time as a sanity check on your taste and a guard against algorithmic nicheification. you might find stuff you really like!
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This is a thoughtful essay on something I have been thinking about for a few months. It mentions doomscrolling twice and also points to when the reflex can be detrimental on a personal level and on a larger scale.
You’re not weak for avoiding bad news — you’re human. Behavioral science calls it the “ostrich effect,” a reflex to help the mind manage what it can’t control.
Inside the Ostrich Effect: How Ignorance Has Become a Survival Strategy
Research suggests our tendency to ignore bad news isn’t irrational — it’s self-preservation, and could help explain why older people are often happier.
bloom.bg
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is a thoughtful essay on something I have been thinking about for a few months. It mentions doomscrolling twice and also points to when the reflex can be detrimental on a personal level and on a larger scale.